194: Chapter 184 Tenfold Reward

"I am a citizen of the Dragon Country."

Chen Aoyun's voice was not loud, but it clearly reached every corner, drowning out all the noise and mockery in the live broadcast channel.

He looked straight at Brown without the slightest evasion, his expression filled with nothing but calm composure.

"The Dragon Country inherits the Huaxia Civilization. A child does not despise their mother for being ugly, a dog does not despise its family for being poor, and a gentleman never forgets his roots. In my heart, the civilization that gave birth to me and raised me is the strongest and most beautiful civilization under heaven. I believe the Huaxia Heroic Spirits are the strongest; what is wrong with that?"

These words, extremely simple, were like a silent thunderclap exploding in the hearts of countless viewers.

The emotional nerves that had been numbed by various "logic" and "rules" seemed to be quietly stirred by this statement.

Indeed, loving one's own civilization and defending one's own Heroic Spirits—did that require any complicated reasoning?

Brown, upon hearing this, acted as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world. He grinned exaggeratedly, revealing his stark white teeth:

"Emotions? Hahahaha! On a chessboard where the fate of nations is decided, you dare talk to me about emotions? Truly ridiculous!

Can your emotions block the Judgment of [Washington]? Can they save your Roleplayer who is about to be executed?!"

Facing the mockery, Chen Aoyun did not retreat. Instead, he took a step forward, his spine straight, and an indescribable confidence erupted from him:

"For others, emotions and attitudes might never change anything.

But for me, for the Huaxia Civilization, attitude determines everything!

The Huaxia Civilization can handle any unfavorable situation. If it cannot, then it is certainly not because the Huaxia Civilization is incapable, but simply because I have not thought of the solution yet!"

Brown of the USA looked at Chen Aoyun as if he were an idiot, showing his big white teeth, and asked mockingly,

"So, have you thought of it now?

The current situation is already extremely unfavorable for your Dragon Country. If you still cannot think of a way, everything will be over."

Chen Aoyun's attitude toward his own civilization resonated with many viewers watching the broadcast.

But no matter how high the rhetoric was, it was useless. Chen Aoyun believed the Huaxia Civilization was the strongest, and the Huaxia Heroic Spirits were the strongest—that was fine.

The problem was that the Game of National Destiny was about winning and losing, and battles between Heroic Spirits were matters of life and death.

Just as Chen Aoyun's words touched many people's heartstrings, but those same people felt that Chen Aoyun still couldn't change the outcome of the battlefield, Chen Aoyun straightened his clothes and answered Brown aloud,

"I have thought of it!"

Brown tilted his head, not immediately grasping the meaning of Chen Aoyun's words.

"It is merely breaking the 'output of values,' breaking the narrative of your USA as the 'world police' in the Old Era... I have already figured out the logic to break the deadlock!"

Inside and outside the broadcast, countless people were shocked by Chen Aoyun's words.

As long as your civilization had been influenced by the USA's 'cultural output' and 'value output' in the Old Era, your civilization was naturally considered inferior to the USA's civilization.

How many Heroic Spirits from different countries had been suppressed by the USA's 'world police' narrative logic in the Game of National Destiny over the past thousands of years?

Under this narrative logic, no Heroic Spirit could escape.

Whether it was a True Martial Heroic Spirit, a legendary Heroic Spirit, or a fantasy Heroic Spirit, if the civilization was inferior, the Heroic Spirit was also considered inferior.

Under the logic of the 'world police,' the Heroic Spirits of other civilizations were all objects to be judged!

Everyone thought Chen Aoyun was spouting nonsense, but Chen Aoyun spoke with facts!

"Huaxia culture is our own understanding and interpretation of the world in every era!

The people of Huaxia have always insisted on using our own philosophy to govern our own country, unaffected by your so-called 'beacon' narrative!"

Chen Aoyun's words stunned Brown, who had no idea what Chen Aoyun was talking about.

Even the two professional commentators in the broadcast room didn't know what Chen Aoyun wanted to express.

What did Chen Aoyun want to express?

What he wanted to express was actually very simple:

The days when the USA acted as the world police.

The days when the USA exported its values and made the whole world follow its values as the mainstream ideology—the Dragon Country still insisted on being itself.

Why did Chen Aoyun say these words that seemed to have no meaning?

Because Chen Aoyun wanted to jump out of the USA's 'righteous cause'!

"Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucianism is not responsible for the world a thousand years later.

And every era of the Huaxia Civilization has its corresponding Zhu Xi!

In the era when the USA was the sole superpower acting as the world police, the Dragon Country did not abandon its inheritance.

Huaxia does not need, and has never needed, to submit to the philosophies of others.

Huaxia has always been inclusive, searching for and constantly optimizing its own civilization!"

If my Huaxia Civilization is not affected by your USA's 'beacon doctrine,' then by what right does your USA use your beacon dogma to judge my Huaxia Heroic Spirits?

Love, freedom, wisdom... these beacon doctrines once influenced the whole world at one point, and the affected countries were incorporated into the USA's world order.

But aren't 'love, freedom, wisdom...' all just empty words?

By the time your Western civilization was still living in savagery, the Huaxia Civilization had already summarized a set of worldviews and values!

The Dragon Country was the first country in human history to exceed ten million, and the first to exceed one hundred million in population; Chang'an was the first city in human history with a population of one million; when other civilizations inevitably shattered, Huaxia had already been managing a unified great empire for over three thousand years!

The Huaxia Civilization did not revive under your USA's order.

Huaxia was able to revive not because of your order.

But because Huaxia has had a tradition of constant revival for thousands of years.

5,000 years ago, we faced floods just like the Egyptians!

4,000 years ago, we cast bronze vessels just like the ancient Babylonians!

3,000 years ago, we pondered philosophy just like the Greeks!

2,000 years ago, we fought heroically just like the Romans!

1,000 years ago, we were incomparably wealthy just like the Arabs...

The Huaxia Civilization has seen off batch after batch; five thousand years later, the master is still the master!

In the Old Era, you still wanted to invade my Huaxia with 'values'?

Are you worthy?

Not only are you unworthy, but in the Old Era, you actually didn't succeed!"

To sum it up, what Chen Aoyun believed in his heart was that Huaxia did not revive because the USA was the world police. In the days when the USA was the world police, there were so many countries; why was Huaxia the only one to revive?

Therefore, do not try to impose your logic on Huaxia Heroic Spirits.

The Huaxia Civilization is always the most special existence!

This thought in Chen Aoyun's heart was like a Prophecy that broke the shackles!

The 'J-20' was originally a pioneer in breaking the hegemony of the USA in the Old Era. As Chen Aoyun thought...

Suddenly, the eight wings behind [Du Yu] fully unfolded!

Countless tiny energy runes on the wing surfaces lit up instantly, like the power-on self-test of a supercomputer!

The chains containing the "beacon order," under the scorching of the energy runes on the eight wings, actually crumbled and dissipated like snow meeting the spring sun!

"How is this possible!

The 'shackles of the world police' constructed by the USA in the name of the 'beacon' were actually undone by the Dragon Country's Heroic Spirit?

This shouldn't be!

Could it be that the Dragon Country of the Old Era didn't last until the days when the USA was the world police?

That's not right!

A Huaxia Civilization that had stealth fighters is not a short-lived civilization!"

Any civilization that had been 'whipped' by the USA's world police could not escape the Judgment of the 'beacon's dogma,' but now, an exception had appeared!

Chen Aoyun's words were only in his heart, and for a moment, the whole world could not understand what had happened.

No Judgment!

Or rather, after the USA [Strategist] Brown felt that logic of Chen Aoyun breaking the shackles in his confusion, he dared not pass Judgment!

Judgment would mean defeat!

And, winning or losing was not the point.

It was Chen Aoyun's logic!

Using the characteristics of one's own civilization to resist the 'beacon narrative' that used values as weapons—the Dragon Country must be using the best method, but it might not be the only one!

If the whole world used this 'rhetoric' of Chen Aoyun to resist the 'beacon narrative,' wouldn't the greatest advantage of his USA Heroic Spirits be gone?!

"The Old Era was not the only country to oppose hegemony.

But the Dragon Country was the only one that succeeded in opposing hegemony."

The countries that could use this logic to resist the 'beacon narrative' were, in Chen Aoyun's view, actually countable on one's fingers.

The USA didn't actually need to worry too much that its Heroic Spirit advantage would vanish after today.

But Chen Aoyun would not take the initiative to mention this; let the Americans worry.

Inside and outside the broadcast room, regardless of the audience or the Strategists of other countries, no one knew of Brown's worries, and were even still expecting him to initiate Judgment.

But they waited and waited, and saw no Judgment from the USA. Instead, after breaking free from the shackles, the Dragon Country's [Du Yu] ignored the Americans and focused on clearing out the Calamity Demons.

Without the 'shackles of the world police,' the USA could not keep Xiao Zhenghong with [Washington]'s Dharma Form.

Under the circumstances where the power brought by the resource points was not quite a match, [Du Yu] was also not an opponent of [Washington].

"Just parted ways like this, safe and sound?

Your USA is now the country with the fewest cleared Calamity Demons among the four.

Just letting the Dragon Country people leave like this, when the Dragon Country has cleared the most demon strongholds?

Wouldn't that mean they are firmly in first place?

Isn't your USA, like the Sakura Country, the one that cares most about the Dragon Country, the one that is most hostile to and guarded against the Dragon Country?

Doing this, how is your USA any different from throwing in the towel?"

No one understood Brown of the USA's thoughts.

People only saw the Dragon Country people starting to continue clearing the demon strongholds.

The remaining strongholds were decreasing one by one.

Until there was not a single demon left on the entire map, the entire third act finally entered the final settlement:

The Dragon Country was ranked first with a total of 30 strongholds cleared across three maps.

Russia was in second place, only one stronghold behind.

France cleared 26 strongholds, ranking third.

In terms of total scores, the Dragon Country, Russia, and France received 10 points, 8 points, and 6 points respectively.

However, the actual total points added to these countries were much less.

In this act, the Dragon Country had five deaths, 5 points were deducted from the 10 points, and the total score changed from 0 to 5 points.

Russia and France had more deaths, 6 points were deducted from each, Russia's total score increased by 2 points, and France's gains and losses canceled each other out, with no total points recorded.

Only increasing by 2 points and not having total points recorded did not mean Russia and France earned less.

Other countries that did not get a ranking also had deaths, so they would also have points deducted!

Calculating this way, by the end of this third act, the total points of the nine countries were as follows:

Russia, relying on first place in the second act and second place in this act, combined with the number of deaths in the first three acts, had a total score of 8 points.

It became tied for first place with the USA, which was first in the first act and second in the second act.

The Dragon Country had a total score of 5 points, ranking third.

Prussia had a total score of 2 points, fourth.

Sakura Country had a total score of -4 points, becoming fifth.

As for the other countries, they had not won a single ranking in the first three acts, and combined with the number of deaths, they were at the bottom with an average score of -10 points.

Such a score ranking was too surprising.

The country with the most enemies in the world, Russia, became tied for first place.

The targeted Dragon Country was in third place.

The Sakura people, who targeted the Dragon Country and only wanted to cause trouble, were also ranked fifth.

After such a weird ranking was revealed, before the 'transition' to the next act, a new 'rule' appeared once again!

The rule that appeared during the transition was still not a rule for a single act, but a rule for the entire Game of National Destiny.

Moreover, the rule that appeared this time was not actually a specific rule in the strict sense, but a piece of news.

A shocking piece of news:

[This Game of National Destiny has a total of seven acts, seven times the length of an ordinary Game of National Destiny. Since the length is seven times, the reward for the first place in the Game of National Destiny is naturally seven times, or even more than seven times!]

A reward of more than seven times!

Plus this Game of National Destiny only recognizes the top three.

If only the first place can get it, it should be that the multiples of the second and third places are concentrated on the first place.

Simply converting it, the multiple for the first place should be more than 10 times the reward of previous Games of National Destiny!

A reward of more than 10 times the national destiny and foundation items was unprecedented!

In the past, there had been Games of National Destiny that were extremely long and extremely complex in content, but this kind of doubled reward situation had never appeared.

No need to guess, under the stimulation of such rewards, the remaining four acts would definitely be more intense, and the means used would be more endless.

The total points that the top three in each act could get were not much, sequentially: 10 points, 8 points, and 6 points.

But what affects the ranking is not just the added points, but the points deducted after deaths!

Who said those countries with negative ten points didn't have a chance?

Let the leading countries have more deaths, and wouldn't the gap be closed?

The Strategists of various countries, especially those from countries with negative scores and low rankings, had decided that no matter what the content of the next few acts was, they would use all their means, and it didn't matter if the means were a bit dirty, because the reward was already tempting enough!

And the ten-fold national destiny reward was even more important to the Dragon Country. If the Dragon Country could take first place, it would be even harder for the Sakura Country to win the [National War] targeting the Dragon Country in the near future!

"Win! Must win this Game of National Destiny, and it must be the first place with the ten-fold reward!"